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and require the same soil. The flowers of the common 

 lavender (L. Spi'ca) are ready for drying or distilling at 

 the end of June. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



L. denta'ta (toothed), ij. Lilac. August. Mediter- 

 ranean region. 1597- 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). See L. SPICA LATIFOLIA. 



peduncula'ta (stalked). Spain and Portugal. 



Spi'ca (common-lavender-spike). 2. Lilac. August. 

 S. Europe. 1568. 



alba (white). 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 2. Lilac. 1568. 



,, na'na (dwarf), i. 



Stce'chas (Stoechas). i. Lilac. June. S. Europe. 

 1568. 



ve'ra (true). Blue. July. S. Europe. 1568. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 L. abrotanoi'des (southernwood-like). i. Lilac. July. 



Canaries. 1699. 

 multi'fida (many-cleft). i. lilac. August. S. 



Europe. 1597. Biennial. 

 pinna' ta (leafleted). ij. Lilac. June. Madeira. 



1777. 



,, pube'scens (downy). Lilac. June. 1816. 

 iri'ridis (green), i. Purple. June. Madeira. 1777. 

 LAVA'TERA. (Named after the two Lavaters, Swiss 

 naturalists. Nat. ord. Mallowworts [Malvaceae]. Linn. 

 j.6-Monadelphia, 8-Polyandria.) 



Annuals and biennials, in common garden soil, by 

 seed in spring ; herbaceous, by division, and cuttings at 

 the same time ; shrubby, by cuttings under a hand-light, 

 in sandy soil ; light, sandy loam suits them all. The 

 frame and cool greenhouse species merely require the 

 protection of these departments in winter. 



HALF-HARDY EVERGREENS. 

 L. acerifo'lia (maple-leaved). 5. Pink. July. Tenenffe 



1820. 



africa'na (African). 5. Pink. June. Spain. 1820. 

 assurgentiflo'ra (rising-flowered). California. 

 cachemiria'na (Cashmirian). 5-8. Purple. Himalaya. 

 hi'spida (bristly). See L. OLBIA. 

 insula'ris (insular). 4. Yellow- white, striped purple. 



Mexico. 1896. 

 ,, lusita'nica (Portuguese). 3. Purple. August. 



Portugal. 1748. 

 mari'tima (sen-side). 2. White. May. S. Europe. 



1597- 



mi' cans (glittering). 3. Purple. June. Spain. 1796. 

 ,, O'lbia (Olbia). 3. Red, purple. August. Provence. 



1570. 

 phceni'cea (fine-red). 5. Pink. June. Canaries. 



1816. 



Pseu'do-o'lbia (bastard-olbia). 5. Red. June. 1817. 

 ,, M7o6a(three-lobed). 3. Light purple. June. Spain. 



1759- 



unguicula'ta (clawed). 6. Lilac. August. Samos. 

 1807. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 L. neapolita'na (Neapolitan). See L. CRETICA. 

 plebei'a (vulgar). 2. Pale. September. Australia. 



1820. Greenhouse. 



thuringi'aca (Thuringian). 4. Light blue. August. 

 S. Europe. 1731. Hardy. 



HARDY ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 

 L. ambi'gua (doubtful). See L. THURINGIACA. 

 ,, arbo'rea (tree-mallow). 6. Purple. August. Britain. 



Biennial. 



variega'ta (variegated). Leaves variegated. 1882. 

 austra'lis (southern). 2. Purple. August. S. 



Europe. 1820. 

 bie'nnis (biennial). 4. Red. August. Caucasus. 



1819. Biennial. 

 ,, cre'tica (Cretan). 4. Light blue. July. Candia. 



I723- 



fla'va (yellow). 4. Yellow. July. Sicily. 1818. 

 lanceola'ta ( spear- head-leaved). 2. Purple. August. 



Europe. 1817. 



L. puncta'ta (dotted-stalked). 2. Pale. August. Italy. 

 1800. 



salviielle'nsis (Salvitella). See L. THURINGIACA. 



sylve'stris (wood). See L. CRETICA. 



trime'stris (three-monthly). 2. Flesh. June. Medi- 

 terranean region. 1633. 



a'lba (white). White. 



LAVENDER. Lava'ndula. 

 LAVENDER COTTON. Santoli'na. 



LAVRA DIA. (Named after the Marquis of Lavradio. 

 Nat. ord. Violads [Violaceae]. Linn. s-Pentandria, i- 

 Monogynia.) 



Sauvage'sia, Lavrafdia, and Luxembu'rgia, compose this 

 small tribe, which is intermediate between Violetworts 

 and Frankeniads. Stove evergreen. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in heat ; sandy 

 peat and fibrous loam, well drained. Summer temp., 

 60 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 

 L. monta'na (mountain), i. Purple. Brazil. 1826. 



LAWN is a surface of turf in the vicinity of the house, 

 requiring to be kept smooth by the regular application 

 of the roller and scythe. When first constructed, after 

 the ground has been dug over as level as may be, it 

 must be rolled, the hollows filled up, and this repeated 

 until a level surface of earth is obtained. It must then 

 be slightly pointed over with a fork, and the turf laid, 

 or the grass-seed sown. For directions to lay the turf, 

 see TURFING. 



If grass-seed is employed the following is a good 

 mixture: 



The above mixtures are enough for an acre. Where 

 the ground is overshadowed with trees, both the kinds of 

 Festu'ca should be omitted, and similar quantities of the 

 two kinds of Po'a nemora'lis substituted. The best time 

 for sowing is early in the spring. 



Grass-plot, correctly speaking, is a parterre, or bed of 

 flowers, arranged with grass- turf between them, instead 

 of gravel. It is usually confounded with LAWN, which 

 see. 



In very dry weather all lawns should be watered, and, 

 if a little guano and muriate of lime be dissolved in the 

 water, it will keep the surface gently moist, and the turf 

 green, even in dry weather. 



LAWSONIA. (Named after Isaac Laieson, M.D., 

 author of A Voyage to Carolina. Nat. ord. Loosestrifes 

 [Lythraceje]. Linn. 8-Octandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to'Grislea.) 



Stove-trees, from the East Indies and Egypt. Cuttings 

 of ripe shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in strong 

 heat ; sandy peat and turfy loam. Summer temp., 

 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 L. a'lba (white). White. 1752. 

 ,, pvrpu'rea (purple). 12. Purple. 1820. 

 ine'rmis (unarmed) and L. spino'sa (spiny). See 

 L. ALBA. 



LAXMA'NNIA. (Named after E. Laxmann, a Siberian 

 traveller. Nat. ord. LHyworts [Liliaceae]. Linn. 6- 

 Hexandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Aphyllanthes.) 



